Today's News

One man is in jail, a second suspect is being sought, and at least one other unnamed suspect is being sought as the Levy County Sheriff's Office cleans up after as many as 20 separate burglaries in the past 14 months in the Bronson area.

Victims included churches, businesses and schools. The target was money, but other items were also taken according to Lt. Scott Tummond, spokesman for the Levy County Sheriff's Office.

Former Chiefland Indian baseball players are invited to come out and take part in an Alumni Baseball Game Friday, Jan. 16 at the Chiefland Middle High School baseball field. In order to participate, you must have played at least one full year of varsity baseball.

It does not take a handicapped person to know that the Levy County Courthouse and Administrative Building in Bronson needs updating to accommodate those with disabilities.

The courthouse, the county's fourth, was constructed in 1937, and the administrative building was added in 1963. The sidewalks have been patched several times, but still there are cracks. Ditto for the stairs leading to the main administrative entrance; they are showing their age.

The Levy County Sheriff’s Office and The Florida Highway Patrol will team up for a Comprehensive Roadside Safety Check Point (CRSC) to be conducted on Wednesday, Dec. 31, beginning at 10 p.m. at 13574 N. U.S. Highway 19, Chiefland.

Deputies and troopers will be working to:

1. Deter vehicles with defective equipment from being operated on the highways;

For the second year, University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty members predict the food-related trends that could end up on your dinner plates and grocery store shelves in 2015:

A Dunnellon woman was arrested by Florida Highway Patrol troopers at her place of work on Thursday on charges of leaving the scene of a hit and run where pedestrian James Thomas Lowman, 69, of Morriston was killed.